I am trying to figure out the parents of Dana H. KILBURN (and his wife Sarah "Sally" POWELL). The 1860 US census for Hampton, Washington County, New York lists: Dana Kilborn age 71 male day laborer b. VT (head of household) Sally Kilborn age 68 female b. VT Alvira Kilborn age 32 female b. NY from the census data he was born 1788/1790 in VT They had the following children: Truman, Lyman, Lovina, William, Rosella, Julia Ann, and Alvira In 1790 the US census lists four Kilburns in VT with only John Kilburn in Rutland County, VT. However, he probably can be eliminated by this item: From http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/RutlandShrewsbury.html: ....John KILBURN, a surveyor, migrated to Shrewsbury in 1785, from Walpole N. H. In 1789 he was elected town clerk and remained in the office for forty consecutive years. It is said that during the Revolutionary War, he, with his wife, son and daughter, successfully resisted an attack of nearly four hundred Indians on their New Hampshire home. In 1836 he removed to Canton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., where he died at an advanced age. So highly was he esteemed in Shrewsbury that at the March meeting held in Shrewsbury 1878, it was voted that a set of marble head stones be erected above his grave in Canton, at the expense of the town of Shrewsbury. The vote was carried out to the letter.... The 1800 US census lists four Kilburns in Rutland County, VT, but we can probably eliminate John of Shrewsbury (see above) and John, Jr., of Shrewsbury. This leaves Abraham (of Poultney) and Roswell (of Castleton). from http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/RutlandPoultney.html: Hiram KILBURN was born July 7, 1799, in Poultney, his father, Abraham KILBURN having come here from Litchfield, Conn., some years before. Abraham KILBURN died in 1806. Hiram was killed by the cars October 21, 1867, while on duty as agent at the station at Poultney. He held for years the office of deacon of the Congregational Church, and left descendants who still survive, among them being Mrs. William FARNUM and Albert KILBURN. Does anyone have any clues about this family? John McCarty __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover